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This song was originally an acoustic idea I had many years ago. It features a 2012 Martin DC Aura and 2012 Rickenbacker 4003 bass.

The original idea for this song was just a rhythm track I recorded on my Ditto Looper pedal and left for a few weeks. When I came back to it, it developed into this song. It features my Gibson Gary Moore signature Les Paul on rhythm, my Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster on lead and my Rickenbacker 4003 on bass.

The original idea for this song was just a rhythm track I recorded on my Ditto Looper pedal and left for a few weeks.

A bit of a Latin flavor in this one. This song features my 2000 Gibson Gary Moore signature Les Paul on rhythm and lead and my Rickenbacker 4003 on bass. The rhythm guitar track was recorded via the USB connection of a Fender Mustang III amp, using a custom Vox amp model I had previously customized. For the lead, I used a Marshall model, but miked the Mustang’s speaker, for improved tone. The Rickenbacker bass was recorded direct into a Behringer USB mixer. Drum tracks were created using Adobe Audition Loopology.

This song started off as a simple acoustic instrumental with 2 tracks. After adding the EBow and bass tracks, It became a whole new song!

From my 2013 CD, “Surfing Cowboys,” now only available as digital downloads on my ReverbNation profile. Still one of my favorite songs. It’s a Surf Rock instrumental with bluesy overtones as a Strat and a Les Paul alternately trade licks. Give it a listen!

From my 2013 CD, “Surfing Cowboys,” now only available as digital downloads on my ReverbNation profile. Still one of my favorite songs. It’s a Surf Rock instrumental with bluesy overtones as a Strat and a Les Paul alternately trade licks. Give it a listen!

It didn’t even have a title at that time. I had another song idea that I had given the title, “Willow Springs.” But in 2010, I decided to make a more official recording of this piece, and I decided to give that title to the finished product. This version had two tracks (rhythm and lead):

While the 2nd version was an improvement, it makes me cringe to listen to it now. Why did I play it so fast??? Anyhow, by 2013 I was starting to get much more serious about writing and recording my music. Around that time, I thought it would be interesting to record Willow Springs with an electric guitar. So I created a new version. This time, in addition to the two guitar tracks, it had a drum track (using drum loops):

Okay, that was interesting. Fast forward to February 2015. While testing out some new headphones, I started recording Willow Springs again – this time with my Martin DC Aura. I was determined to do it right this time, so I added a couple of drum tracks and then re-recorded the guitar parts (the first try got a bit out of sync with the click track). Then I added a bass track using my Rickenbacker. This was the result:

This song was originally an acoustic idea I had many years ago. I made an electric version of it in 2013 that included a drum track, but no bass. I decided to give it another go with my Martin DC Aura and include drums and my Rickenbacker 4003 bass, this time.

Kind of a sad song I wrote on Valentine’s Day, 2015. It is a simple recording – just a Martin DC Aura on rhythm and lead, recorded with a TASCAM DP-006 Pocketstudio and mixed in Adobe Audition 3.0. The soundtrack is available for download at: